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Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2015
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Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

In November of 2011, Maurice Caldwell spoke before the first Vanguard Court Watch justice event on Wrongf ...

In November of 2011, Maurice Caldwell spoke before the first Vanguard Court Watch justice event on Wrongful Convictions. Just over six months previously, the then 43-year-old Maurice Caldwell walked o ...

October 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Is There a Place in the Legal System for Justice and Mercy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Is There a Place in the Legal System for Justice and Mercy?

Last night 60 Minutes had a segment on Glenn Ford, who spent nearly 30 years on death row, in solitary co ...

Last night 60 Minutes had a segment on Glenn Ford, who spent nearly 30 years on death row, in solitary confinement, in Louisiana's notorious Angola prison – until new evidence revealed he did not comm ...

October 12, 2015
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The Bane of Prosecutorial Misconduct and What One Man Has Done To Change It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2015
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The Bane of Prosecutorial Misconduct and What One Man Has Done To Change It

Last year when the Vanguard held its annual program for its Court Watch program, it invited Scott Sanders ...

Last year when the Vanguard held its annual program for its Court Watch program, it invited Scott Sanders – an Orange County Deputy Public Defender embroiled in a controversy that would absolutely exp ...

October 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2015
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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted a ...

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted and sentenced to death for arranging the 1997 murder of the owner of a run-down motel he was man ...

September 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2015
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Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Gov ...

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin asking her to stay the execution of Richard Glossip so that concerns about gu ...

September 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2015
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My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought to be u ...

In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought to be unconstitutional in a case that was really about the use of execution drugs. But outside of that ...

August 08, 2015
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Is DNA Evidence Less Than Bulletproof?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2015
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Is DNA Evidence Less Than Bulletproof?

It is worth reading the entire and stunning story from Frontline, The Marshall Project and Fusion, “The S ...

It is worth reading the entire and stunning story from Frontline, The Marshall Project and Fusion, “The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing: How a proven tool may be anything but.” The probl ...

June 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

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|Date: June 23, 2015
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Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While you pa ...

By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While you panic in your jail cell, your children are at home alone and your boss wants to know why you can’ ...

June 23, 2015
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Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2015
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Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Etan Patz was six years old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, in New York. I, too, was six years old i ...

Etan Patz was six years old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, in New York. I, too, was six years old in May of 1979. The case would have a profound impact not only on the community but on the way p ...

May 12, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate blac ...

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and minority component within the legal system. So it should be little surprise that blacks a ...

January 05, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All

One of my biggest disappointments with the current administration has been their lack of resolve in curbi ...

One of my biggest disappointments with the current administration has been their lack of resolve in curbing the intrusion of the federal government into the private lives of citizens. In fact, not onl ...

January 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2014
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Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification

Professor Ronald Rotunda at Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, writes this week in Justia’s Legal ...

Professor Ronald Rotunda at Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, writes this week in Justia’s Legal Analysis “Verdict” that the Ferguson confrontation between Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wil ...

December 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

In 2011, Maurice Caldwell came to speak at the Vanguard’s first Dinner and Awards Ceremony. He had just b ...

In 2011, Maurice Caldwell came to speak at the Vanguard’s first Dinner and Awards Ceremony. He had just been released from prison after serving nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit. Not only ...

October 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo DA Creates Conviction Integrity Unit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2014
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Yolo DA Creates Conviction Integrity Unit

Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced on Tuesday that his office has created “a Conviction ...

Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced on Tuesday that his office has created “a Conviction Integrity Unit to review all post conviction assertions of innocence.” In the press release, th ...

October 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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City Proposes Revisions for Mace Blvd. Corridor

EXCLUSIVE: Vanguard Learns Mass Student Walkout Set in May to Push for Police Gun Reform

Nourish Yolo: Yolo Food Bank’s Partnership with Farm Fresh To You

Defendant in Child Sexual Abuse Case Denies Incidents in Court Testimony

11-Year-Old Victim Testifies in Rape Case

Visit to Senior Center Ends in Conversation with a Police Officer

Guest Commentary: Solution for Mace is to Regulate Traffic at Mace and Montgomery

Nourish Davis: Yolo Food Bank’s Partnership with STEAC

Witness Attempts to Clear Brother’s Name in Firearm Possession Case

Two Witnesses Heard in Sacramento Man’s Preliminary Hearing

Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals

Eye on the Courts: Is There a Place in the Legal System for Justice and Mercy?

Eye on the Courts: Is There a Place in the Legal System for Justice and Mercy?

The Bane of Prosecutorial Misconduct and What One Man Has Done To Change It

The Bane of Prosecutorial Misconduct and What One Man Has Done To Change It

New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

Is DNA Evidence Less Than Bulletproof?

Is DNA Evidence Less Than Bulletproof?

Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?

Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All

Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All

Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification

Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification

Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

Yolo DA Creates Conviction Integrity Unit

Yolo DA Creates Conviction Integrity Unit

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